Dagon

Starring: Ezra Godden, Victor Alcazar, Francisco Rabal, et al.

Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, the undisputed master of macabre, DAGON follows Paul and his girlfriend, Barbara, as they celebrate the success of their new company on a yacht off the coast of Spain. When a sudden storm smashes their boat on a reef, Barbara and Paul swim to the nearest town for help. The decrepit fishing village of Imboca at first seems to be deserted, but unblinking eyes peer out from boarded-up houses. The strange inhabitants offer little help to the stranded couple. By nightfall, Barbara is missing and Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town... but a town of what?

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 658149800229
• Release Date: February 2004
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Liosngate Pictures Entertainment
• Director: Stuart Gordon
• Starring: Ezra Godden, Victor Alcazar, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Merono, Macarena Gomez
• Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

There is something fishy about Dagon.

This movie is based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Two couples are out yachting. They hear some sort of singing or chanting from the local village of Imboca. A freak storm appears and tosses the yacht on the rocks. One girl gets her leg caught between the yacht and a hard place. So, the other couple, Paul (Ezra Godden) and Bárbara (Raquel Merono), break out the “Rubber” raft and go for help. Naturally, the raft gets a hole in it, so we just can not wait for something in the water to eat them, raft, and all. Meanwhile, back at the boat, blood is spewing out into the water. I assumed they were in the desert. The village turns out to be occupied by boringly slow and inhuman Dagonites. What will they do? It is not as if the mechanics are not there, but this movie has no soul. Everything is a formula with the standard formula twists and a good dose of “Stay in the car” scenes. There is sufficient blood and slime to go around, and the only thing missing is the flamethrower; however, they come close. Macarena Gómez, who plays Uxía Cambarro, is a cutie and makes you forget you are watching a movie about a three-day-old fish. If you are looking for tentacles in the water, you may as well watch “Tentacles” (1977).